April 16, 2019
SEC EN BANC CASE NO. 04-18-442
JORGE P. NAVARRA, appellant, vs. FSUU HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC., MINNIE MARY ROSE TIU-DUMANHUG as President, and BERNADETTE M. JAMER as Corporate Secretary, appellees.
DECISION
For the consideration of the En Banc is an Appeal of the Order dated 2 March 2018 of the Company Registration and Monitoring Department (CRMD), dismissing the Petition for Revocation filed by Appellant JORGE P. NAVARRA against Appellees FSUU HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC., MINNIE MARY ROSE TIU-DUMANHUG as President, and BERNADETTE M. JAMER as Corporate Secretary (FSUU) for lack of jurisdiction.
The CRMD characterized the legal issues as intra-corporate, specifically an election protest, and thus outside the jurisdiction of the Commission, viz.:
Since the very issue is on who are the lawfully constituted officers of FSUU, this Commission is constrained to steer clear therefrom in order not to interfere with the adjudicative powers of the court. x x x
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From the foregoing, it is clear that the Department has no jurisdiction over intra-corporate disputes involving Election of Officers/Trustees. Stated otherwise, it is now...